Hey! Hi! Hello! We are recording a catch up episode to let you know that Hayley and Jen are here, we’re doing the best we can, and we are ending season 3 with a bang. 🥲 We know it’s been a wild ride on NFF the past six months and the geminis need a break, quite frankly. We love you all, please keep sharing and listening, and we’ll catch you on the socials. Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @n...
Mar 17, 2023•57 min
What do you do when your friend is going through a divorce? Hayley, for better or for worse, has a unique perspective on it. Listen to her share her experience and some good takeaways from her divorce in 2022. Things changed. Not better, not worse, just different. ❤️ Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriendship. Our thee song is written and performed by Emily Rooker and Nate Smith.
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Happy NFF Friday! This week Jen and Hayley are here to discuss extracurricular activities: how to get into them as an adult and how you can use them to bond with your friends! Who else wants to eat snacks and talk about books for an evening? Or drink wine while yelling at The Bachelor? Enrich your lives and your friendships. Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriendship. Our thee song ...
Feb 17, 2023•50 min
Jen and Hayley have returned and they are coming at you hot with some listener advice! Ever have two friends get in a giant fight (partially instigated by their husband) and when they stop speaking it really fucks up your shit? Well… so has our listener Kristen. We give her the most sound advice we can (spoiler alert: men suck). Enjoy! Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriendship. Our...
Feb 03, 2023•47 min
Jen and Hayley have returned and this time they're bringing you all the tips and tricks for making work friends. We took some time to look through an article from The New York Times and offer our own personal stories about turning coworkers into confidants. Check out the article here and follow along! Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriendship. Our thee song is written and performed...
Jan 20, 2023•39 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Jen and Hayley are back (like they never left) in the year 2023! And you know what else is back this year? TikTok Talks! Today we learned what stress management is (but not where to sign up for a class, TBD on that one) and how it can relate to your friends. Spoiler alert: it makes friendship less anxiety inducing or aggravating and more fun! Listen now to learn how. Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @nofilterfriendz...
Jan 06, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays, friends! This week, Hayley tells a harrowing tale that begs the question: “Is having not-so-great friends a red flag?” It might be! Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriendship. Our theme song is written and performed by Emily Rooker and Nate Smith.
Dec 23, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Welcome back to the beautiful world of NFF, where Jen and Hayley think TOO MUCH about their friendships. Are you also psychotic and a freak in the Excel sheets? You too might want to make a spreadsheet of every friend you have and their trends — are they moving up or down in your tiers? These curious questions are what keep us coming back for more… Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfrien...
Dec 09, 2022•43 min
We’re back. We’re singing Taylor Swift. And we’re talking about TikToks. This week, Jen and Hayley give you a TikTok Talk segment featuring our favorite girl, Danielle Bayard Jackson @thefriendshipexpert. Danielle posted a video discussing picking bridesmaids when you’re getting married and we have a lot of thoughts. Since our last wedding ep, both of the friends have some personal anecdotes to share and the tea is piping hot. Just wait until the end when we tie it all back to capitalism. You’ll...
Nov 25, 2022•40 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Not to make this about us but… this is our podcast. Jen and Hayley have returned (many) days late and several dollars short, but we tried our best. This has been a tumultuous period for Hayley and a frantic one for Jen. They are so sorry it took so long to get back to you, but they’re here, they’re emotionally ready, and they want to fill you in. Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterf...
Nov 11, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Jen and Hayley are sending their besties off for a summer hiatus in style. This week, we do some TikTok Talking (shout out to @polkadothead & @savannahamilton11), some Austin Diaries updates, and just a lot of personal catching up. It’s been a wild first half of the year and we couldn’t have done any of this without you guys. We’ll be back soon! Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfrie...
Jul 08, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Jen and Hayley are back with one of their easy breezy bite-sized episodes! This week, the geminis are diving into a Twitter thread (from @brujabitchh) on toxic friendships: both what they look like and the stages of healing after one ends. It’s a heavy topic and one we all are too familiar with, so listen close if this applies to you! Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriendship. O...
Jul 01, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Jen and Hayley are back with an entire episode of Demote or Deletes! And this time… they’re personal. Listen to Hayley share a tale of college friends who deleted her first and Jen’s friend who got her to lower her expectations… more than once. What did we do? How did we handle it? What would YOU do? Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriendship. Our theme song is written and perfor...
Jun 17, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Jen and Hayley are here with a brand new segment we’re calling TikTok Talk *cue the windchimes*. That’s right, we have selected a riveting TikTok story of friendship, straight from our fyp, to share with all of you and discuss our thoughts. This week, it’s a tale of a friend who was DUMPED by her bestie one week after being in her wedding… what?! Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriends...
Jun 10, 2022•34 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Take a trip down memory lane with Jen and Hayley this week and relive our high school bestie drama! Or rather, relive what we actually remember, because trauma brain is rough. The friends are taking time to share the ups and downs of their ex-besties who changed their lives (for better or worse…). Enjoy! If you have ex-bestie stories, or general friendship q’s, email us at nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriendship. Our t...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This week, Jen and Hayley are discussing another Reddit & Weep! When a friend is a high achiever and enters a period of their life that is especially challenging, you may inadvertently take a backseat. It doesn't mean they love you less... or does it? Listen to the geminis debate on what is and isn't ok, and how they've managed these ebbs and flows in their own lives. Send in your friendship questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfrien...
May 27, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Welcome to… the future? The present? Just life? When a listener wrote in to Jen and Hayley to ask about “de-intensifying the friend hang,” the geminis were immediately intrigued. It’s true, things HAVE felt very intense for a long time. And it hasn’t been easy to get back to the chill, spontaneous atmosphere they were in before. Listen to them wax poetic on seeing people during a pandemic, transitioning to “the new normal,” and communicating expectations moving forward. Send in your friend quest...
May 20, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Jen and Hayley are here and they are… struggling with friends who don’t like each other. You know when two people in a group of four decide they don’t like someone in the group and start ostracizing them but never tell them why? Come on, haven't we all been there? Well then surely you’ve had two friends get in a fight and need to figure out how to spend time in mutual spaces again… we’ve all been there, right? Listen to the friends discuss these various unfortunate friend dilemmas! Send in your ...
May 13, 2022•36 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Have you ever wondered what to do for your pregnant friends? What about the new parents who are trying to keep themselves afloat? Are you overwhelmed even thinking about what to ask and what to do? This week, Jen and Hayley wanted to find out. We invited Emma Broadfoot back (previously heard on Murder of Geminis) and Jen’s childhood friend Kathleen Donahue to the studio. Both are new moms and have gone through a very dramatic life change: having their first child. Listen to them discuss how they...
May 06, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 16
This time we’re back with another Reddit & Weep! Ever had a friend’s girlfriend move in with you and then, after breaking up with her SO, start kinda hooking up with your other friend? No? Just wait, Jen and Hayley have THOUGHTS! Send in your friend questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriendship. Our theme song is written and performed by Emily Rooker and Nate Smith.
Apr 29, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 15
There’s so much happening. And it’s happening in Austin, Texas! Hayley and Jen open this episode with a very special Austin Diaries check in, detailing the weekend they spent together. Get the download on Jen’s new friends, new city, and new job. Then, they pivot into a discussion surrounding alcohol and how it affects friendships. Why can’t adults have fun without it? Why is there always pressure to drink? If you relate, listen for more. Send in your friend questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail...
Apr 22, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Content warning: this episode includes discussion of abuse. This week, Jen and Hayley read a Reddit & Weep that turns into a Demote or Delete once they realize the writer is in an abusive friendship. So maybe more of a Delete or Delete? Please use caution listening to this one! Send in your friend questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriendship. Our theme song is written and performed by Emily Rooker and Nate ...
Apr 15, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Bitch, it might be! Next up on the docket for this week: astrology and friendship. How does your astrological chart affect your ability to get along with others? Which signs do you mesh with the most? If you’re out here in these streets… what element should you be scouting out? All that and more awaits in this episode of NFF with our resident amateur astrologer, Hayley. And her lovely assistant, Jen! Send in your friend questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Insta...
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Jen and Hayley are back, back again, and this week we're asking ourselves: do we choose our friends? Or do we let friendship just... happen to us? How much of it is subconscious? Any? All of it? There's SO much to unpack, and we do it with the story of a dear listener and friend. Send in your friend questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriendship. Our theme song is written and performed by Emily Rooker and Nate Sm...
Apr 01, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Hello, and welcome back to your favorite friendship pod where (spoilers) superheroes Jen and Hayley solve friendship once again! This week, we’re catching up TV like Inventing Anna and Love is Blind (it’s relevant, we swear), and covering a new Reddit and Weep! Do you struggle to find good friends? Are you the problem or are they? And also, why are 19 year olds so bad at understanding the world? Listen to hear about it all. Send in your friend questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow...
Mar 25, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Did you miss us? Jen and Hayley are back for another installment of The Austin Diaries! This week, we get to hear about Jen’s closest friendships she has developed and all the ways Austin is finally feeling like home. Also, lots of exciting visits from friends, including a certain podcast co-host… stay tuned! Send in your friend questions (or Demote or Delete scenarios) to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @nofilterfriendship. Our t...
Mar 18, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Oh boy, what a week. Jen got back from LA, Hayley has a new therapist, and both friends are stumped by this week’s questions. First, Jen poses an interesting scenario: could they have less friends? What would that look like? Why would anyone want that? And then they move into a very real Demote or Delete: having a friend that is miserable to be around, but otherwise has always been a good friend/person. What do you do? Send in your friend questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us o...
Mar 11, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Welcome back to part 2 of The Austin Diaries! The series where Jen fills us in on how her transition to Texas is going and what shenanigans she’s up to. This week, we’ll hear about bestie of the pod Hannah spending the weekend and Jen’s realizations that keeping up with people long distance is a lot more time-consuming than before. Send in your friend questions (or Demote or Delete scenarios) to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on TikTok @no...
Mar 04, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Jen and Hayley are here for the TEA! If you also love mess, then you will love today’s listener Q. It’s a tale as old as time: two friends decide to date and things get messy… but with a new twist! A new friend that turns around and wants to steal your guy. Backstabbing? Check. Breaking girl code? Check. Villain origin story? Potentially. Get ready to throw hands with Jen and Hayley in this one. Send in your friend questions to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram ...
Feb 25, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 5
This week, Jen and Hayley are back with their first ever segment of Demote or Delete! This is the game where you guys tell us about your awesome friendship that has one teeny tiny little problem (like they never ask you about your life…) and we tell you to either demote them to a lower level of friendship or delete them from your life! Fun! Send in your friend questions (or Demote or Delete scenarios) to nofilterfriendship@gmail.com and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nofilterfriendz or on T...
Feb 18, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 4
